Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Li Ning (2008)
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score19.850
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Gushiken
 Japan
1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Ning
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitchell Gaylord
 United States
← 1980
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Gymnastics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen
Rhythmic
Individual all-aroundwomen

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 4 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. There were 71 competitors from 19 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have to up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won in a tie between Li Ning of China, in the nation's debut in the Games, and Koji Gushiken, with Japan's first gold medal in the rings since 1972 (and fourth overall). The bronze medal went to American Mitchell Gaylord, the nation's first medal in the event since 1932. The Soviet Union's eight-Games podium streak in the event ended with no Soviets competing due to the boycott.

Background[edit]

This was the 16th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). None of the six finalists from 1980 returned; five of the six were from boycotting nations, while the other (Dan Grecu of Romania) had retired after suffering a muscle tear during the 1980 final.[2] With the absence of the Soviets, the field was open to the traditional power Japan and rising powers China and the United States. Japan's Koji Gushiken had tied Soviet Dmitry Bilozerchev for the 1983 world championship, with Li Ning of China third.[1]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's rings. The United States made its 14th appearance, breaking a tie with the absent Hungary for most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 rings and the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format[edit]

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score. These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score.

The 1984 Games expanded the number of finalists from six to eight. Nations were still limited to two finalists each. Others were ranked 9th through 71st. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.[1][3]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 1984 Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 31 July 1984 Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 4 August 1984 17:30 Final

Results[edit]

Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 31. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 4. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score. The results were notable for the shared gold medal between the top two scorers.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Gushiken  Japan 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.950 19.850
Li Ning  China 9.80 10.00 19.80 9.900 9.950 19.850
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitchell Gaylord  United States 9.85 10.00 19.85 9.925 9.900 19.825
4 Tong Fei  China 9.70 10.00 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
Peter Vidmar  United States 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
6 Kyoji Yamawaki  Japan 9.75 9.90 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
7 Emilian Nicula  Romania 9.70 9.90 19.60 9.800 9.700 19.500
8 Josef Zellweger  Switzerland 9.75 9.80 19.55 9.775 9.600 19.375
9 Tim Daggett  United States 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang  China 9.70 9.95 19.65 Did not advance
11 Jim Hartung  United States 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Nobuyuki Kajitani  Japan 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
13 Bart Conner  United States 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
Daniel Gaudet  Canada 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
15 Laurent Barbiéri  France 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand  Canada 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
Jürgen Geiger  West Germany 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Scott Johnson  United States 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
Markus Lehmann  Switzerland 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Lou Yun  China 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
Andrew Morris  Great Britain 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea  Romania 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
23 Li Xiaoping  China 9.55 9.90 19.45 Did not advance
Miguel Soler  Spain 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
25 Rocco Amboni  Italy 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Werner Birnbaum  Australia 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Noritoshi Hirata  Japan 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
Diego Lazzarich  Italy 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
30 Jang Tae-eun  South Korea 9.55 9.80 19.35 Did not advance
Koji Sotomura  Japan 9.75 9.60 19.35 Did not advance
Barry Winch  Great Britain 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
33 Jean-Luc Cairon  France 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Bruno Cavelti  Switzerland 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Benno Groß  West Germany 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Keith Langley  Great Britain 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Shinji Morisue  Japan 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Brad Peters  Canada 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Daniel Winkler  West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
40 Andreas Japtok  West Germany 9.45 9.80 19.25 Did not advance
Li Yuejiu  China 9.40 9.85 19.25 Did not advance
42 Jacques Def  France 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
Frank Nutzenberger  Canada 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
44 Marco Piatti  Switzerland 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer  West Germany 9.45 9.70 19.15 Did not advance
46 Vittorio Allievi  Italy 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance
Terence Bartlett  Great Britain 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam  South Korea 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
Lee Jeoung-sik  South Korea 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Allan Reddon  Canada 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
51 Richard Benyon  Great Britain 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Warren Long  Canada 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Urs Meister  Switzerland 9.35 9.70 19.05 Did not advance
Daniel Wunderlin  Switzerland 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
55 Antonio Fraguas  Spain 9.35 9.65 19.00 Did not advance
Johan Jonasson  Sweden 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
57 Finn Gjertsen  Norway 9.50 9.45 18.95 Did not advance
58 Robert Edmonds  Australia 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
Tony Piñeda  Mexico 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
60 Han Chung-sik  South Korea 9.20 9.65 18.85 Did not advance
61 Philippe Vatuone  France 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
62 Yohanan Moyal  Israel 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
63 Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino 9.60 9.10 18.70 Did not advance
64 Michel Boutard  France 9.10 9.55 18.65 Did not advance
65 Ya'akov Levi  Israel 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Joël Suty  France 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Eddie Van Hoof  Great Britain 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
68 Nam Seung-gu  South Korea 8.85 9.65 18.50 Did not advance
69 Gerson Gnoatto  Brazil 9.05 9.40 18.45 Did not advance
70 Chae Gwang-seok  South Korea 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
71 Alfonso Rodríguez  Spain 8.40 9.75 18.15 Did not advance

External links[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Danut Grecu. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.
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